"Focus on Corn" Webcast Resource for Corn Growers, Consultants

ST. PAUL, Minn. (July 6, 2011)

The Plant Management Network (PMN), a nonprofit publisher of applied crop science information, announces the launch of Focus on Corn, a resource that features webcasts and other science-based information tools that will help corn growers and consultants protect and manage corn crops more effectively.

The central feature of Focus on Corn is its 24/7 on-demand educational webcasts. These are audiovisual presentations authored and presented by university professors and extension specialists recognized for their expertise and research on corn management practices.

“Topics are suggested by both a technical advisory board and grower surveys and selected for their current interest and need for timely information,” said Greg Grahek, Director of Publications at the Plant Management Network. “We try to get the best expert in the field to talk about a technical subject in a format for the busy agricultural practitioner.”

One new webcast is published in Focus on Corn each month. Each of these new webcasts will be open access for a period of at least 60 days. As long as users visit the site monthly to see each new webcast during the open access period, all webcasts may be viewed free of charge, without a subscription. Freely available webcasts as of July 6, 2011, include:

Plant Parasitic Nematodes of Corn by Tamra Jackson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Residue Management, Nitrogen, and Tillage in Continuous Corn by Emerson Nafziger, University of Illinois

Weed Competition in Corn by Bill Johnson, Purdue University

Southern Rust of Corn and Differentiating Between Southern and Common Rusts by Jerald “Snook” Pataky, University of Illinois

Developed and managed by the Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center, located at Cornell University. This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2014-70006-22484. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Northeastern IPM Center is one of four Regional IPM Centers.